Pre-Sales Enablement Specialist

NielsenIQ•Chicago, IL

6h•$69,000 - $72,000•Remote

About The Position

NielsenIQ is seeking a talented Sales Enablement Specialist to play a key role in enabling sellers to be more efficient and stay focused on winning business. Reporting to Pre-Sales Enablement Manager or Director, this role will work with cross functional teams (Sales, Marketing, Product Marketing, Product, Customer Success) to identify and manage the right mix of tools and processes to move opportunities to close faster. An ideal candidate is a proactive, deadline driven task manager with an eye for process improvement and establishing new processes. You are motivated by making an impact on your workplace and thrive on recognizing a challenge, implementing a solution, monitoring success and continuously thinking outside the box to optimize new or existing processes. You have desire to help sellers succeed and your team members develop. Must be passionate about ensuring a positive customer experience and understand how to personalize messaging to ensure buyers have the right information at the right time to make decisions quickly and confidently. The ideal candidate is detail oriented with excellent communication, active listening and time management skills with familiarity with the sales process. This a REMOTE position for candidates currently based in the United States. Candidates must be physically located in the US to be considered.

Requirements

2-4 years of related work experience in Sales or Sales Operations, Bachelor’s degree required
Demonstrated ability to think strategically through identification of problems and implement successful, tactical solutions
Self-motivated with a strong attention to detail and keen ability to prioritize tasks to ensure business critical objectives are met
Skilled at building strong working relationships with team members in varying departments and/or levels of management
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines
Understanding of the sales cycle and common pain points sellers encounter with a desire to drive improvements
Experience building and / or using sales performance reporting in a CRM, PowerBI or similar software
Excellent written, verbal, and active listening skills
Prior exposure to SaaS technology
Ability to drive productivity working in a remote, fast paced environment

Responsibilities

Successfully manage and execute independent Pre-Sales activities to priority business group(s) and accommodating non-primary teams where applicable.
Become familiar in all critical support areas bound by SLA coverage, working as a cross-functional business partner being able to accommodate various account-based non-specialty requests for multiple business verticals.
Engage with pilot program opportunities where/when applicable to evangelize the Pre-Sales Enablement team offerings to unsupported teams.
Become an SME in specific Pre-Sales Enablement team offering(s) and NielsenIQ product/solution(s).
Serve as an expert on internal sales processes and CRM utilization to guide sellers on best practices and ensure adherence. Work to become proficient in all RMS services (Discover, Byzzer, Data Analysis) and stay up-to-date on best practices using the tools effectively.
Effectively manage day-to-day tasks to ensure opportunities progress to close won quickly as possible through efficient time management and prioritization and process improvement or development; including assisting with pitches, pricing, proposals and contract and coordinating with cross functional team members as applicable to ensure a stellar customer experience (includes Post-Sales, Marketing, Product Marketing, Product, Finance, Delivery and Finance).
Partner with Marketing and CS to create content, engage with top of funnel campaigns as applicable. Adapt existing content (including but not limited to pitch decks, proposals, email templates) based on sales insight, persona and segment.
Effectively manage numerous requests concurrently and on deadline; includes managing expectations, developing solution ideas, and escalating delays to leader in timely manner.
Utilize reports to identify bottlenecks in the sales cycle and alert sellers of at-risk opportunities, highly skilled at leveraging CRM for pricing, contracting, and process efficiency and project tracking. Work to become a Pre-Sales SME with Revenue Intelligence for BI reporting and forecasting.
Proactively identify opportunities to improve the sales process, resolve inconsistencies and give insightful feedback to cross functional stakeholders in an effort to improve efficiency across the sales cycle.
Support product releases by gaining an understanding of new products / features, serve as a knowledge resource for sellers and provide timely feedback to Product Marketing/Marketing on information requested by both sellers and clients.

Benefits

flexible working environment
comprehensive health insurance
industry-leading parental leave
life insurance
education support
Comprehensive healthcare plan (medical, Rx, dental, and vision).
Flexible spending accounts and a Health Savings Account (including company contributions).
Life and AD&D insurance.
401(k) retirement plan including company matching contributions.
Disability insurance.
Tuition Reimbursement.
Discretionary paid time off program and 11 paid holidays.
Volunteer time off
LinkedIn Learning
Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)